Customize consent notifications for Teams recording and transcription
Microsoft has rolled out new admin controls to customize consent notifications for recording and transcription in Teams meetings.
1. February 2026
Tagged: Teams Policy
Microsoft retires Teams-specific feedback policy configurations
Microsoft will retire Teams-specific feedback policies, as Teams Mobile is the last remaining platform. Feedback policies should now be managed by the Cloud Policy service.
22. November 2025
Microsoft Teams now supports per-user external domain access policies
Microsoft Teams introduces per-user and group-based external domain access policies, giving admins granular control over which external domains specific users or departments can communicate with.
12. October 2025
Microsoft is changing the Teams meeting policy for Copilot
Microsoft is updating the Copilot setting in Teams meetings. Until now, Copilot started with transcription turned on by default. With the new setting, Copilot will start without transcription, and organizers must enable transcription manually if they need it for post-meeting insights.
30. August 2025
How Teams Virtual Events use SharePoint Embedded containers
Teams Virtual Events use SharePoint Embedded containers to store published video recordings. Microsoft has a built-in cleanup logic for these containers. In this post, I explain how the cleanup process works, how to identify these containers, and how Teams admins can disable video publishing if needed.
3. August 2025
New setting for Teams Events: Control town hall access with TownhallEventAttendeeAccess
Teams has introduced a new policy setting that separates access control for town halls from webinars, giving admins more flexibility.
26. July 2025
Changes for feedback policies in Microsoft Teams
Teams is streamlining feedback management by transitioning to the Cloud Policy service. This change simplifies feedback processes by unifying all feedback entry points under a single policy.
29. June 2025
New Teams policy setting for Speaker Attribution on personal devices
A new feature for speaker attribution on personal devices is available for Teams Premium and Microsoft 365 Copilot users. The feature is enabled by default.
15. June 2025
The Teams Recording Rollout Policy will be retired in June 2025
A key update is coming to a Teams policy: the MeetingRecordingOwnership setting will transition to default recordings being saved in the meeting organizer’s OneDrive.
10. June 2025
Upcoming change for the global calling policy in Teams
New Teams calling policy updates will soon make call recording and transcription features accessible by default for new users and those on the unmodified host policy.
9. June 2025
Transcription policy update for Teams Meeting
Microsoft Teams is updating its transcription settings in the global meeting policy. This change aims to enhance AI features and streamline transcription use during meetings.
25. January 2025
New Teams AI Policy for biometric profiles
The new Teams AI policy announced in September is available in the tenant. Teams administrators should note the default configuration.
13. October 2024
Teams policy for biometric profiles will be enabled in January 2025
Microsoft announces changes to the Teams policy for biometric user profiles. The policy will be activated globally from January 2025. Teams administrators should note the communicated changes.
25. September 2024
Pin meeting apps in Teams for users
App Setup Policies in Teams now support the pinning of meeting apps. Currently, only a few Teams apps support the option for meeting extensions.
17. August 2024
Teams will be included in the Tenant Target Release mode
If organizations use the target release mode in their tenant, Teams will be included in the Target Release mode. Employees with Target Release can have the option to activate the public preview in their Teams client.
30. May 2023